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Newmont Goldcorp Director, Mr. Joseph Carrabba, Acquires 16.8% Ownership in Winston Gold
Newmont Goldcorp Director, Mr. Joseph Carrabba, Acquires 16.8% Ownership in Winston Gold.
About this update from Winston Gold Corp.
[{"type":"text","content":"\nWINNIPEG, Manitoba, May 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Winston Gold Corp. (“Winston Gold” or the “Corporation”) (CSE: WGC) (OTCQB: WGMCF) is pleased to announce that Mr. Joseph A. Carrabba, a Strategic Advisor to the Company, now holds 16.8% of Winston Gold Mining’s issued and outstanding shares. As a result, Mr. Carrabba is now considered an insider of the company.\n Mr. Carrabba has over 42 years of management and operational experience in the resource industry. He currently sits on several company boards including Newmont Goldcorp Corporation, where he acts as the Chair of their Safety and Sustainability Committee. He was formerly the Chairman, President, and CEO of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc; and has also served as President and CEO of Diavik Diamond Mines. Mr. Carrabba spent much of his career working for multinational mining operations in North America, Australia, Latin America and Asia. His wide range of experience also includes working on Health and Safety and Environmental and Social Responsibility committees. He is currently the Chair of Newmont’s Safety and Sustainability Committee and a member of the Compensation Committees of Aecon and Timken Steel. “I took on the role of Strategic Advisor, for Winston Gold in November 2017 because I believed in the potential of the high-grade Winston gold project near Helena, Montana.  My opinion has not changed since that time, in fact, I am now even more excited about the future of this project,” commented Mr. Carrabba. Mr. Murray Nye, CEO and Director of Winston Gold states: “Mr. Carrabba has proven to be a valuable addition to our team and we look forward to working together to advance the Winston Gold Project towards the next stage of underground development.\" Winston Gold is a junior mining company focused on advancing high-grade, low cost mining opportunities into production. Towards that end, the Corporation has acquired an underexplored and under-exploited gold/silver mining opportunity, being the Winston Gold project near Helena, Montana. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION For further information, please contact Murray Nye, Chief Executive OfficerSuite 201-919 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0M8 CanadaTelephone: (204) 989-2434  E-mail: [email protected] The CSE has neith...